Wow, I grew up watching him coach in the NFL and I never would have thought he would be the HC of my UConn football team… let’s goooo!!! I’m excited about this hire.
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Wow, I grew up watching him coach in the NFL and I never would have thought he would be the HC of my UConn football team… let’s goooo!!! I’m excited about this hire.
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That's the best part. He gets acclimated with the kids and can convince the better players to stay.
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LOL shouldn’t even be an argument
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Yeah. Not to be rude, but a guy known for running out of the endzone and is only a NFL analyst because ESPN doesn't have money for talent really shouldn't be shaping the future of the football program in any way.
Maybe Orlovsky should have contacted Dave instead of waiting to be contacted. If interested in being a part of the process then make a move.. never sit around.
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thank god
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This is awful
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This exceeded my expectations. A former UCLA and NFL head coach, who was decent at both stops, if not great. That's as big a name as we could get, somebody who clearly signals that UConn takes football seriously.
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Show me the staff…
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Meh. Whiff of a retread out of CFB for a very long time. Has the advantage of potentially retaining Spanos. DB apparently valued continuity very highly. A very valid concern and we will have to trust DB on this one. Fix it but don't change it sort of mindset. Will keep an open mind. Not wildly enthused at this point but we will wait to see who is on the staff.
But I do hope that he is on the sideline against Clemson.
But I do hope that he is on the sideline against Clemson.
I saw him turn around Ucla which was a SOFT program and Usc fans I can tell you were glad he got replaced with soft Chip Kelly. I remember one game he did vs Navy in 2019 and Uconn had 4 tries at the goal line and he almost cursed on ntl tv lmao. Funny how 2 years later he now is the hc of that same program.
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Well, that was kinda rude Bro. That was one play in the NFL for an 0-16 Lions team, and he did have a great career at UConn. He is a good TV analyst too (although his voice can get annoying).
By the way, for those complaining about Mora's age, any young HC who has success here isn't sticking around long. Mora signed a 5-year deal. If he can get us back to respectability then it's worth it.
Nick Saban is 70 and I'd hire him in a heartbeat. Just sayin'.
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Agree he shouldn't. But he has more talent as an analyst than almost anybody ESPN has ever had. Dude earned that job by simply being really good at it on Twitter. So good the networks couldn't ignore it.
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This board acts like he was Joe Montana. Meanwhile, he's telling his twitter followers to never be alone in a room with a female co-worker to avoid temptation.
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We need Pudge to weigh in on all UCLA matters. Pudge went to UCLA, I bet you didn't know that.
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Remember when you called me a putz?
And 31-33 in the NFL for a total record of 76-63 = 54.6%. So, yeah, close enough.
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"Mora and the University have agreed to a five-year deal through the 2026 season, and he will earn $1.5MM during his first year. The agreement also includes the opportunity for Mora to earn an additional $200,000 annually in performance incentives."
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UConn Names Jim Mora as Next Head Football Coach - University of Connecticut Athletics
STORRS, Conn. - Jim L. Mora, has been named as the next head football coach of the University of Connecticut, as announced by director of athletics David Ben...
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Reasonably priced deal. I’ll get excited when we hear about a competitive assistant pool."Mora and the University have agreed to a five-year deal through the 2026 season, and he will earn $1.5MM during his first year. The agreement also includes the opportunity for Mora to earn an additional $200,000 annually in performance incentives."
UConn Names Jim Mora as Next Head Football Coach - University of Connecticut Athletics
STORRS, Conn. - Jim L. Mora, has been named as the next head football coach of the University of Connecticut, as announced by director of athletics David Ben...
. The guy won at a major football school in a major conference. Give me a break.
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I’m not going to worry about what was,” Mora said. “I’m going to worry about what can be. I love football and I love coaching football and I love coaching men and I love connecting with the community. I thrive on it. It motivates me. They’re going to see that. They’re going to feel it. And it’s genuine. We’ll win. We’ll win. It will come. But they’re going to see steady progress.”
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We don’t need him for more than a handful of years to stabilize and then be able to attract the next hot 40 yr old coaching savant.
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Like the hire. Definitely a higher profile than we have had in the past.
Should do well in the portal. It's great that recruiting can start now!
Should do well in the portal. It's great that recruiting can start now!
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It could be worse. We could have hired
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I am very excited with this hire. Now for the rest of the staff. I hope the recruits are as excited as I am!
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-> “High school coaches in the state of Connecticut are so important to our success,” Mora said. “That can’t be ignored. It’s going to be really important to me to really start to develop those relationships in a sincere way. Any high school player in the state of Connecticut that is good enough to play at the University of Connecticut should be playing at the University of Connecticut. They should not be leaving the state to go play elsewhere. We need to dominate the state of Connecticut and attack that region, the Northeast.”
Mora also plans to make use of the transfer portal. “It’s changed the landscape of college football and it has allowed teams to get better quickly,” he said. “You can have great recruiting classes but they’re still young players. I think the portal gives you a chance to get some players that have some experience, obviously are a little bit more mature. … I just think you have to make sure that you attack it with a real strategy and you don’t become a team of mercenaries, that you use it to your advantage where you can.” <-
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